Ugh, my least favourite character, if only because of last year’s saimoe. Sadly, her group was easy as pie, so no chance of an upset here. Not much to do but wait for Horo or Kana to take her out next round.

Another easy match, another Saki character destroying the competition. A disappointing performance by Geass, but Karen isn’t exactly moe. These first few matches are boring, but don’t worry, it gets better. (or going by match dates, it got better a day before)

Mawari underperformed a lot here especially since Iinchou’s match was also on this day. She even lost to a Precure character.. but I haven’t seen any of that series so I shouldn’t comment. Seto no Hanayome fanbase where? I can only hope that San and Luna manage to do better.
Anyway, as expected it was a close match between Tsugumi and Yuno, although not as close as I thought it would be. I’m fine with either one winning; they’re about equal to me. I actually voted for Yuno because I thought Tsugumi would win, but I guess not…

So, my #1 in this tournament has been defeated by a starfish maniac. q__q I mean, I saw it coming, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt… see, if 250 more people had showed up and decided to vote for Yuuko, she would’ve won! Yeah…
That aside, I know nothing about ToHeart other than apparently Tama-nee is amazing, so I have no confidence in my predictions for those characters.

Hm.. Negima faction really isn’t as strong as it should be this year. Maybe it’s been too long. I expected a close match between Haruna and Nodoka, but Rei ended up in second (probably because of the movie). Honya-chan was one of my favourites in this tournament, but Haruna is okay too I guess. In the end, Yami and Mikan are the only ones I found likable in To-LOVE-Ru though. :/

Perinne isn’t the strongest Witch, but luckily she got a good matchup against low-tier characters. As expected, she took first, with Toradora! in second, lesser known SoraKake in third, and a non-memorable character in last.

Here we have the biggest upset so far – the one everyone expected to take first place gets knocked out in the first round! But then again, this is Japan saimoe we’re talking about; the strongest get eliminated first, so this was only to be expected. I would’ve preferred it if Hiro won, but BOSS is fine.
I guess all of those Mio fanatics buying up K-ON! related merchandise left and right don’t vote in saimoe, eh?

Haruka does not get to join her sisters in the next round, because Isumi is moe and everyone knows that. I honestly did not expect Tiffania to do so poorly though; Zero no Tsukaima is a well-known series, and Tiffa is rather popular. However, everyone’s focus is on Isumi vs Haruka, so the other two were both ignored.

I expected it to be between Nagi and Mashiro for first, but I guess Tayutama just isn’t that well known. Kirari is famous for her fake votes, but it seemed that she had quite a few real ones too… ah well. I couldn’t decide who to vote for between Nagi and Mashiro (Yuuki is out of the question), so I went with Mashiro because I was confident that Nagi would win, even if she’s “second-hand”.

Upset #2! Lucky Star‘s most recent appearance was an OVA way back, almost a year ago. This coupled with the fact that the Hiiragi twins made up the final match last year make it obvious that the LS girls will be weaker this year. However, ef has been doing very poorly, and Chihiro wasn’t even a main character in melodies, so it’s still a surprise that she won with a 50 vote margin. This doesn’t make up for Yuuko’s loss, but it’s something.